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Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

7,7 /10 (1,991 Votes)
1988 EN 128 min

Overview

Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.

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Release date

08/12/1988

Votes

1,991

Popularity

5.7

1964. When America was at war with itself.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

128 min

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$34,604,000

Website

alanparker.com
Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Agent Rupert Anderson

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Agent Alan Ward

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Mrs. Pell

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Deputy Clinton Pell

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Mayor Tilman

Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain

Sheriff Stuckey

Stephen Tobolowsky

Stephen Tobolowsky

Townley

Michael Rooker

Michael Rooker

Frank Bailey

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Lester Cowens

Badja Djola

Badja Djola

Agent Monk

Kevin Dunn

Kevin Dunn

Agent Bird

Frankie Faison

Frankie Faison

Eulogist

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Thomas B. Mason

Judge (as Tom Mason)

Geoffrey Nauffts

Geoffrey Nauffts

Goatee

Rick Zieff

Rick Zieff

Passenger

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Christopher White

Black Passenger

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Gladys Greer

Hattie

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Jake Gipson

Mose

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Dianne Lancaster

Waitress

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Stanley W. Collins

Hollis

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Daniel Winford

Fennis

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Marc Clement

Floyd Swilley

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Larry Shuler

Earl Cooke

Stephen Bridgewater

Stephen Bridgewater

Wesley Cooke

Bob Penny

Bob Penny

Curtis Foy

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James F. Moore

Barber

Park Overall

Park Overall

Connie

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Georgia F. Wise

Beauty Parlor Woman 1

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Lois Allen

Beauty Parlor Woman 2

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Barry Davis Jim, Sr.

Choctaw Man

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Dan Desmond

Television Commentator (voice)

Darius McCrary

Darius McCrary

Aaron Williams

Lou Walker

Lou Walker

Vertis Williams

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Billie Jean Young

Mrs. Williams

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Alisa R. Patrick

Church Soloist

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Barbara Gibson

Church Soloist

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Pat Funderburk

Pell Maid

Tobin Bell

Tobin Bell

Agent Stokes

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Mark Jeffrey Miller

Fire Bomber

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John P. Fertitta

T.V. Commentator

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Charles Franzen

Interviewer & Reporter

Tonea Stewart

Tonea Stewart

Mrs. Walker

Robert F. Colesberry

Robert F. Colesberry

Cameraman

Frederick Zollo

Frederick Zollo

Reporter

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Ron De Roxtra

Reporter

Doug Jackson

Doug Jackson

Reporter

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Gary Moody

Reporter

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Robert Erickson

Reporter

Ed Geldart

Ed Geldart

Fire Bomber

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Mert Hatfield

Fire Bomber

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James Eric

Fire Bomber

Daniel Chapman

Daniel Chapman

Agent MacMillan

Rick Washburn

Rick Washburn

Agent Brodsky

Robert Glaudini

Robert Glaudini

Agent Nash

Ken Magee

Ken Magee

Agent Reilly

Paul Henderson

Paul Henderson

Local #1 (uncredited)

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Ralph Pruitt Vaughn

Peckerwood (uncredited)

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Jesse Merle Speaks

Pecan Vendor

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Simeon Teague

Obie Walker

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Brenda Dunlap

Mrs. Cowens

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E.A. Thrall

Agent Tubbs

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Kenneth Magee

Agent Reilly

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kevin2019

2024-04-19

⭐ 10

"Mississippi Burning" has both insight and intelligence and it is an incredibly uncompromising scrutinization of how racism blighted American society and it is frightening to think the residents of Jessop in Mississippi possess minds much smaller than their town. This film also prompts you to seriously examine your own conscience in relation to the matter of the race issue, but how many people will actually be enthusiastically prepared to carry out such a thing? And how many of us will be shocked to discover something of Mayor Tilman in ourselves: we know all about what is going on and yet we …

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-04-28

⭐ 7

When three men go missing from their small-town Mississippi home, the FBI sends a team to investigate. "Anderson" (Gene Hackman) is very much the more hands-on of the pair leading the team, with "Ward" (Willem Dafoe) more inclined to play by the book. Their arrival exposes them to an open culture of racial hatred that's not only tolerated by the local sheriff "Stuckey" (Gailard Sartain) but enthusiastically supported by his deputy "Pell" (Brad Dourif). Their arrival only seems to empower the bigots as more Negro property is trashed or razed to the ground and the people themselves subjected to …

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